The wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the sunsaid: "I see a way to decide our dispute. whichever of us cancause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded asthe stronger. you begin." So the sun retired1 behind a cloud, andthe wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap hiscloak round him, till at last the wind had to give up in despair. Then the sun came out and shone in all his glory upon thetraveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on. 
Kindness effects more than severity. 